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Puzzle 90 - Legs

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  There are as many four-legged chairs and as many four-legged tables as workers in the office of Yamraj, and as many three-legged stools as four-legged almirahs. If the number of stools be one more than number of workers and the total number of legs be 585,then what is the number of workers in the office?

Puzzle 89 - Sale, sale, sale!

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 As a part of festival sale, one shop offers 50% discount on a particular watch. The next shop offers 30% discount on the same watch, then additional 20% discount after the first discount is applied. Which shop offers the cheaper price?

Puzzle 88 - solution

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 Puzzle 88 asked you to draw 8 equilateral triangles using only 6 equal length line segments.  Here is the much familiar diagram for you.  Two equilateral triangles, forming six more.  Who knew the only rangoli I could draw will be a solution to a mathematical puzzle? Do you know any other solutions to this puzzle?

Puzzle 87 - Solution

 Puzzle 87 was quite simple. Solution : The puzzle tells you that 3% of the total women wear one earring. Half of remaining 97% wear 2 earrings. The remaining half don't wear earrings at all. Which means that on an average, 97% of women wear (2+0)/2 = 1 earring. Which makes the average earring worn by all  100% women is one.  The total number of earrings worn by women in that village is 100X8000 / 100 = 8000.